Climate averages 1991–2020
Catania weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Catania: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siracusa (50 km away). In February its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Catania, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catania ranks joint 1st of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 34th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Catania is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Catania climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 14.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 20 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 7.6 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Siracusa in FebruaryItaly · 50 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Ragusa in FebruaryItaly · 70 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in FebruaryItaly · 86 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Gela in FebruaryItaly · 87 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Messina in FebruaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Palermo in FebruaryItaly · 165 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Valletta in FebruaryMalta · 184 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in FebruaryItaly · 196 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 115 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Catania) is explained once on the Catania year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.